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Recent Examples of firing squad
Brad Sigmon, 67, chose the firing squad over death by lethal injection or the electric chair.
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Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2025
So far, only Idaho, Utah, South Carolina, Oklahoma and Mississippi allow firing squads for executions.
—Stepheny Price, Fox News, 23 Feb. 2025
During the Civil War, both Union and Confederate troops used firing squads to kill deserting soldiers.
—Jacey Fortin, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
Idaho is one step closer to becoming the first state to use a firing squad as its primary execution method, months ahead of the start of college murder suspect Bryan Kohberger's trial.
—Stepheny Price, Fox News, 23 Feb. 2025
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Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 4 Mar. 2025
So far, only Idaho, Utah, South Carolina, Oklahoma and Mississippi allow firing squads for executions.
—Stepheny Price, Fox News, 23 Feb. 2025
During the Civil War, both Union and Confederate troops used firing squads to kill deserting soldiers.
—Jacey Fortin, New York Times, 22 Feb. 2025
Idaho is one step closer to becoming the first state to use a firing squad as its primary execution method, months ahead of the start of college murder suspect Bryan Kohberger's trial.
—Stepheny Price, Fox News, 23 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for firing squad
Noun
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The north was expected to be America’s rear guard, a place where values like democracy and women’s rights might have taken hold.—
Azam Ahmed,
New York Times,
24 Dec. 2024
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And assassins from a coalition of all the local indigenous tribes — out for blood over the murder of Jimmy the Creek, one of their own, last episode — slit the throats of Ming’s rear guard.—
Sean T. Collins,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2024
Noun
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Eight people died in a Kansas highway pileup involving at least 50 vehicles, according to the state highway patrol.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2025
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Across four counties in Missouri, at least 11 people have died, the state’s highway patrol said on social media in its late morning aftermath update.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
15 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Over seven months since declaring a strike against all video game companies signed to the Interactive Media Agreement, SAG-AFTRA video game performers braved the L.A. rain for their first picket of the year on Wednesday.—
Katcy Stephan,
Variety,
6 Mar. 2025
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Listen to this article Thousands of UC San Diego workers in health care and beyond plan to strike for better wages and benefits Wednesday, participating in overlapping statewide pickets at University of California campuses statewide.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Weekly and monthly shows have continued rotating at comedy-friendly outposts such as Crane’s Bar or Grand Central Market post-pandemic, but full-time clubs haven’t historically tested their luck downtown.—
Julie Seabaugh,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Mar. 2025
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Where to Eat in Miami Mother Wolf Pasta aficionados will be excited to enjoy Evan Funke’s latest outpost of Mother Wolf in the Design District.—
Benjamin Liong Setiawan,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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Intimidating sentries patrol the streets; snipers are merciless death machines.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
14 Nov. 2014
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Sitting in front of him was the angry sentry known as Devlin’s Billabong, named when Bruce Devlin needed six shots to get out of the pond in the final round of the 1975 Andy Williams Open.—
Bryce Miller,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Jan. 2025
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Meanwhile, a flood watch is in place for Southern California.—
Faisal Kutty,
Newsweek,
11 Mar. 2025
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On Tuesday at 1:37 a.m. a high wind watch was issued by the NWS Los Angeles/Oxnard CA valid from Wednesday 2 p.m. until Thursday 2 a.m. for San Luis Obispo County Interior Valleys and San Luis Obispo County Mountains.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacramento Bee,
11 Mar. 2025
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“Firing squad.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/firing%20squad. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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